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Old 08-07-2014, 05:28 AM  
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Originally Posted by MK Ultra View Post
This has happened to me twice, almost exactly the way you see it in the video



The first time was around 45 mph and I wasn't wearing a helmet (CA didn't have a helmet law at the time, a lot of things changed here while I was away ) I was in jeans and a t-shirt.

It cost me some knee issues when I put it through the passenger window and bent the frame.

The second time I was going almost 60, I flew about three times the distance as the guy in the video and landed flat on my back, I didn't get up as fast as he did that time.
Also in jeans and t-shirt, road rash won't kill you but shit if fucking STINGS!
I also didn't get a single scratch on my helmet.

The second one I feel in my lower back every single day, I quit riding for 20 years because of that accident.

But then I realized that life was too short to worry about "what if it happened again?"

So now I am a super defensive rider, but I still don't like riding in town in traffic.
One more question about accidents, how come not many bikers crush their legs when lets say they fall down and 400 pounds of bike falls on them? Is it not as heavy impact as it looks (when heavy bike drops on you/your legs when you fall).
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